Ads that pay developers in AI credits

Reach developers where they code.

One unobtrusive sponsored slot in the VS Code status bar. Developers earn AI usage credits while they work; you reach an engaged technical audience - with self-serve campaigns that auto-screen for safety.

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main ✓ TypeScript Vercel - Deploy in seconds →$0.04 cr

A real sponsored slot - tinted with your brand color, one line, never blocking work.

1 credit = $0.001

Transparent reward unit for developers

$6 CPM

Launch rate - well below dev-newsletter benchmarks

GitHub-verified

Every earning account is a real developer

Privacy-first

We never read code, files, or projects

Exactly where your ad appears

One line, bottom-right of the editor's status bar - the same strip that shows the branch and language. It never covers code or interrupts work.

extension.ts - my-project

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extension.tsserver.ts

import * as vscode from "vscode";

export function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
  const bar = vscode.window.createStatusBarItem();
  bar.text = "Ready";
  bar.show();
}

⎇ main✓ 0 ⚠ 0 Vercel - Deploy in seconds →$0.04 crTypeScript

On hover - your brand + logo

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What developers earn

Install the free extension, sign in with GitHub, and earn AI usage credits while you code. Credits redeem for OpenRouter tokens (Claude, GPT, Gemini, and more).

4 credits / impression

≈ $0.004 · on CPM campaigns (5s focused view)

90 credits / click

≈ $0.09 · on CPC campaigns

Redeem from 5,000 cr

≈ $5.00 → an OpenRouter API key

Focused hours coding / day5 h

≈ 75 ad impressions/day (one ad rotates ~every 4 min)

Ad clicks / day1

You earn / day390 cr$0.39

Per month (~20 days)7,800 cr$7.80

First $5 redemption in~13 days

Reach your first redemption with about 1,250 impressions or 56 clicks. We support two campaign types - CPM (you earn per impression) and CPC (you earn per click). Estimates only; actual earnings depend on the ads shown.

For developers

Earning is live - 10 slots open

Install the extension, sign in with GitHub, and earn AI credits for one tiny status-bar slot while you code. Developer slots open as advertisers fund campaigns, so if they are all taken you join the queue and are admitted automatically the moment one frees up.

Install for VS Code

Or get an email when the next slot opens

Engaged technical audience

Developers spend 6-10 hours a day in their editor. CodeSlot reaches them in a high-attention, ad-free surface - without interrupting their flow.

Safe by default

Every campaign is auto-screened for adult, gambling, malware, phishing, and brand-impersonation content before it can ever serve.

Aligned incentives

Developers are paid in AI credits they actually want. You only pay for real, budget-backed impressions and clicks.

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